Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids, by Cynthia L. Smith

3 reviews

linesiunderline's review

emotional funny hopeful informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This is a book I hope will make its way onto the shelves of many middle school and high school libraries. It’s joyful, heartfelt, emotionally rich, complex, and full of diverse perspectives and stories. I’ve never been to a pow wow but this collection itself offers an experience that gives you a sense of the community feeling of these celebrations. Also, you’ll put it down wanting to check out more writing by the many authors featured here. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Colonisation, Child abuse, Grief, and Racism

foreverinastory's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

Wish there had been a story about a queer character--unless i missed it? Otherwise absolutely loved this anthology and it was really out here trying to make me cry in Aldi multiple times.

Rep: All MCs and most side characters are Indigenous to North America--various tribal identities including Seneca, Cherokee, Cree, Navajo, Anishinaabe--Ojibwe, Apache, Lipan, Choctaw. Biracial characters.

CWs: Bullying, discussions of colonization and cultural appropriation, child abuse, racism.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, and Racism

erinsbookshelves's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Child abuse and Grief